Shastra Panchangam
February 2026
6
Friday
Visvavasu
Thai
24
Velli

Tamil Nadu calendars show Thai 23 on this day. Here Thai began a day earlier, on Wednesday 14 January.


Theypirai
Panchamitill 11.49 am, then Shashti
Hasthamtill 10.54 am, then Chithirai
Amirtha Yogam, then Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 10.46–12.08
Yamagandamafternoon 2.47–4.09
Kuligaimorning 8.06–9.27
ChandrashtamamUntil 11.52 pm: Avittam 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Sathayam, Poorattathi 1st⁠–⁠3rd quartersThen: Poorattathi 4th quarter, Uthirattathi, Revathi
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 6.46–8.06night 7.09–7.35

Computed for Los Angeles, in US Pacific time (PST). Rahu Kalam, Yamagandam and Kuligai from its own sunrise; Gowri Nalla Neram from its sunrise and sunset. Minute times are under Your day.

Shastra's reading

For anything new, 6.46 am to 8.06 am is the best of the day.

Shoola Yogam runs till 10.11 am Saturday.

Daily archanai and worship need no muhurtham. For anything important, your family's jyotishi comes first.


Shastra

Your day: Tamil calendar for Los Angeles

Computed for Los Angeles, to the minute. Use these minutes when fixing a muhurtham.

The day at a glance

Gold marks good time, the solid bars mark times to avoid, and hatching marks a caution: denser while two cautions run together. Tap or drag across the chart to read any moment.

Good times

6.46–8.06 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
6.46–8.06 am, inside the clear stretch
9.27–10.07 amShort clear window
11.46 am–12.28 pm; Rahu Kalam and Shoola Yogam also run

Avoid

8.06–9.27 am, what begins now is said to repeat
10.46 am–12.08 pm
2.47–4.09 pm
7.35–9.20 pm, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until 11.52 pm

Sathayam · Avittam, third to fourth quarters · Poorattathi, first to third quarters

For those born in Kumbha Rasi.

Then

from 11.52 pm, until Monday 11.42 am

Uthirattathi · Revathi · Poorattathi, fourth quarter

For those born in Meena Rasi.

is a time to go carefully: tradition advises waiting until it ends; many put off new ventures, long journeys and disputes.

Sun and Moon

Sunrise6.46 am
Sunset5.29 pm
Moonrise10.45 pm
Moonset9.11 am
SunMakara Rasi
MoonKanya Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Observance days as Tamil calendars keep them, set by Los Angeles's own sunrise, sunset and moonrise.

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Los Angeles by modern astronomical calculation (Drik, Lahiri). A caution's start is rounded down and its end up; a good window's start up and its end down. Underlined words open their meaning.

The five limbs

LimbThis dayThen
Velli (Friday)
Panchami, till 11.49 am 12–39 nazhigaiShashti
Hastham, till 10.54 am 10–21 nazhigaiChithirai
Dhriti Yogam, till 10.07 am 8–24 nazhigaiShoola Yogam
Taitila Karanam, till 11.49 am 12–39 nazhigai
Gara Karanam, till 12.32 am (next day) 44–28 nazhigai
Amirtha Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Los Angeles

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.00–5.52 amPrayer, meditation, study
8.06–9.27 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
10.46 am–12.08 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.46 am–12.28 pmWidely used for beginnings
2.47–4.09 pmAvoided for new beginnings
7.35–9.20 pmAvoided for new beginnings
6.02–7.45 amA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Sugam6.46
Soram8.06
Uthi19.27
Visham10.46
Amirtham212.08
Rogam1.27
Labam32.48
Dhanam44.09

Night

Rogam5.29
Labam57.09
Dhanam68.48
Sugam10.28
Soram12.06
Uthi1.47
Visham3.25
Amirtham5.06

Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Shoola Yogam; 2 Shoola Yogam; 3 Yamagandam and Shoola Yogam; 4 Shoola Yogam; 5 Tyajyam; 6 Tyajyam.

For sankalpam

Viśvāvasu · Uttarāyaṇa · Hemanta Ṛtu · Makara Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Pañcamī · Bhṛgu Vāsara · Hasta (Citrā from 10.54 am, computed)

Given in Sanskrit, as recited, with the solar month as Tamil sankalpam uses it. Wording varies by family; confirm with your vadhyar.

1947
2082
2081
5127
1201

Kaliyuga counted as the Tamil almanac counts the current year. Gujarati Samvat turns the day after Deepavali.

Lagnam

Rising signFromTo
Makara6.46 am7.09 am
Kumbha7.09 am8.31 am
Meena8.31 am9.50 am
Mesha9.50 am11.19 am
Vrishabha11.19 am1.12 pm
Mithuna1.12 pm3.28 pm
Kataka3.28 pm5.53 pm
Simha5.53 pm8.16 pm
Kanya8.16 pm10.39 pm
Tula10.39 pm1.04 am
Vrischika1.04 am3.25 am
Dhanu3.25 am5.28 am
Makara5.28 am6.45 am

The rising sign (udaya lagnam) through the day, computed for Los Angeles.

Horai

Day

Sukran6.46
Budhan7.39
Chandra8.33
Sani9.26
Guru10.20
Sevvai11.14
Suriya12.07
Sukran1.01
Budhan1.54
Chandra2.48
Sani3.42
Guru4.35

Night

Sevvai5.29
Suriya6.35
Sukran7.41
Budhan8.48
Chandra9.54
Sani11.00
Guru12.07
Sevvai1.13
Suriya2.19
Sukran3.26
Budhan4.32
Chandra5.39

Each horai begins at the time shown and runs to the next.

Also

West on Fridays; Parigaram: jaggery

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